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I don't have children of my own, but have noticed that kids like my nieces and nephews like to shop at these stores that display their 100% aryan nordic models on their bags and other displays. Even southern europeans are not "good enough" for them. Despite the fact that my nieces and nephews are mexican-american (demi lovato looking) and look nothing like the Abercrombie "ideal", they flock to buy these overpriced clothes (with their mom, my sister) saying nothing. Do other parents view this company's image as racist?, enough to not purchase the clothes? They have had several high profile racism allegations in the past with some former employees, which apparently were settled.
I don't buy those clothes for my kids and it has nothing to do with the models. The clothes are overpriced, poorly made, and a lot of the juniors styles are inappropriate for my daughter. We don't do the skin-tight jeans with holes in them look.
Right now Abercrombie has an african-american model on their website. I only looked because you mentioned them, and ordinarily never go to their website, but if they did have trouble with allegations of racism in the past, it looks like they're working on improving their image.
I have never even noticed the "image" I just see their price tags and go in the opposite direction. Personally, I won't spend that kind of money on teenage clothing.
I don't buy those clothes for my kids and it has nothing to do with the models. The clothes are overpriced, poorly made, and a lot of the juniors styles are inappropriate for my daughter. We don't do the skin-tight jeans with holes in them look.
Right now Abercrombie has an african-american model on their website. I only looked because you mentioned them, and ordinarily never go to their website, but if they did have trouble with allegations of racism in the past, it looks like they're working on improving their image.
I've yet to see one of their bags with anything other than white nordic aryan youth. I'm sure that they only put the black guy on there because of the bad publicity that they received. It wouldn't surprise me if they photoshopped a black guy's head onto a white guy's body. I didn't see any black guys on there. I only saw a white guy being petted by a black girl. I'll bet that they wouldn't put a black guy with a white girl.
Not anymore, thank goodness. A&F does not have anywhere near the following it used to when it first heavily entered the malls. I will say though, their clothing used to be extremely well-made. I'm not sure if that is still the case, but I could wash a tee shirt or a pair of pants dozens of times, and it would still look like new. Their winter jackets were terrific.
One of my boys worked for them during college. According to him the applicants were hired as "models", which is how they skirted the discrimination accusations. You had to be able to wear the clothing (bought at 40% off once a season), even the color they were pushing. His last few months there the popular color was gray. He had every shirt they offered in gray. He HAD to wear what they sold.
Right before he left some big-wig came in to offer him a store management position at their flagship store in NYC. They were willing to pay to relocate him. He had the look they wanted. He had also had his fill of retail, and wasn't at all tempted.
I was never a fan of clothing with labels splashed across it. I'm glad my kids feel the same way now.
Obviously it doesn't bother your niece/nephews/siblings.
Kids are stupid when it comes to that. They pretty much will do whatever parents let them get away with. If that's the "fad" and parents don't say anything, that's the way it is. We're supposed to be "the adults".
Kids are stupid when it comes to that. They pretty much will do whatever parents let them get away with. If that's the "fad" and parents don't say anything, that's the way it is. We're supposed to be "the adults".
We buy A&F if we find it in the thrift stores. It does wear extremely well, so we know it will hold up. We pay a buck or 2 for an item of clothing the previous owner paid 50x that for. Works for me.
Obviously it doesn't bother your niece/nephews/siblings.
You obviously have an ax to grind. This is not a parenting issue.
Isn't raising your kids not support racism a parental issue? Or is that the responsibility of the schools and society? I have told my sister, but her lame comment was something was something like "well, that's what the kids like."- dumb.
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